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|Combatant2 = [[Tyranids]]
|Combatant3 = [[Necrons]]
|Commanders1 = [[Chapter Master]] [[Dante]]<br>[[Gabriel Seth]]<br>[[General]] [[Maelon Dhrost]]<br>[[Canoness]] [[Magda Grace]](KIA)<br>[[Sister Superior]] [[Amity Hope]]<br>[[Captain]] [[Donatos Aphael]]
|Commanders2 = [[Hive Mind]]
|Commanders3 = [[Necron Overlord|Overlord]] [[Zarathusa]]<br>[[Anrakyr the Traveler]]
These early victories were to provide only false hope. Only after the first day of bloody fighting did the true size of the Tyranid invasion fleet become clear, as wave after wave of bio-creatures rained down from the skies to take the place of the millions already slain. Worse still, the Hive Mind was adapting at a terrifying rate, and for every tried and tested tactic the Imperium had discovered to defeat the Tyranids the Hive Mind had developed a defence. What little hope there had been died at the sight of the stars blotted out by hive ships, and the worlds of the Cryptus System seething with xenos invaders.{{Fn|2c}}
On [[Asphodex]], the great city burned out of control and [[General ]] [[Maelon Dhrost|Dhrost]]'s defences were overrun. Attacked from within and without, his armies crumbled, and soon the [[Imperial Guard]]'s carefully laid lines of defence had become isolated pockets of resistance that were devoured one by one. In the chaos of battle, Dhrost disappeared, and all organised resistance began to break down. On Lysios, Magda Grace's inspired defence became a desperate last stand. The Canoness held her army together until she was eventually slain by a [[Lictor ]] in the final moments of the evacuation{{Fn|2c}} and [[Sister Superior]] [[Amity Hope]] took command afterwards{{Fn|2d}}. Though many of her sisters escaped, many more perished in the final retreat. [[Aeros]], [[Tartoros ]] and [[Ixoi ]] all suffered similar defeats, their defenders broken and scattered before the alien swarms.{{Fn|2c}}
As the second day drew to a close, the Shieldworlds had been all but broken, and the Cryptus System completely overrun by the hive fleet.{{Fn|2c}}
It was then that [[Commander Dante ]] led the [[Blood Angels ]]' counterattack, first leading the defenses at [[Phodia ]] and [[Port Helos]] on [[Asphodex]]{{Fn|2c}}. After It was there, that they found [[General]] [[Maelon Dhrost|Dhrost]] and his surviving forces{{Fn|3a}} and after a swift and brutal fight, the Blood Angels secured victory in this first battle. On [[Lysios]], the [[Flesh Tearers]] suffered worse from the effects of the [[Black Rage]] but managed to emerge victorious. On [[Aeros]], the Blood Angels 2nd Company, under [[Aphael]], managed to secure the survivors of the planet and clear the skies of [[xenos ]] intruders.{{Fn|2c}}
However, on [[Asphodex]], [[Necron]] legions of the [[Mephrit Dynasty]] awoke thanks to the efforts of [[Anrakyr the Traveller]]. Anrakyr quickly formed an alliance with [[Necron Overlord]] [[Zarathusa]]. Anrakyr next organized an alliance with the Blood Angels, and together the two factions were able to defeat the Tyranids in a desperate act of [[Exterminatus]]. This was achieved by activating the ancient [[Necrontyr]] weapon known as the [[Magnovitrium]] (or the Starflame to the Necrons) and using it to ignite the core of the gas giant Aeros. While the Flesh Tearers{{Fn|2a}} (under the command of Gabriel Seth){{Fn|3}} and the [[Sisters of Battle |Sisters]] [[Order of the Sacred Rose|of the Sacred Rose]] (under the command of [[Sister Superior]] [[Amity Hope]]){{Fn|2d}} made their final stand on Lysios, the Blood Angels and Necrons worked to secure relay dishes on Phodia necessary to activate the Magnovitrium. On Tartoros, the Necrons and [[Death Company]] moved to secure the great solar mirror to reflect the energies of the Starflame across the entire System. During the battle, a [[Transcendent C'tan]] and the [[Sanguinor]] used by the allied forces proved instrumental in victory.{{Fn|2a}}
With all the preparations set, the Magnovitrium was activated and shot out across the system like a spear of fire, incinerating everything in its path. The Tyranids were scourged from the system. However, many Imperial soldiers, civilians, Sisters of Battle, and Space Marines were lost despite their advanced preparations to take shelter. Only the Necrons emerged unscathed as they had phased out just after activation. The Imperial forces withdrew thereafter, having burnt away enormous amounts of biomass for the Tyranids and inflicting painful losses.{{Fn|2b}}
While these preparations were underway, [[Dante]] called for the [[Blood Angels]] to have a [[Red Council]] meeting, to discuss how to defend [[Baal]] against the advancing [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]], as the Imperials' fleet made their way to the Blood Angels' [[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld|Homeworld]]. The [[Chapter Master|Commander]] also allowed both [[General]] [[Maelon Dhrost]] and [[Sister Superior]] [[Amity Hope]] to attend the meeting, despite not being of the [[Chapter]]. Soon the matter of what to do with the Cryptus System's two million surviving citizens came up and Dante remarked that many would soon die, as there were not enough supplies to feed them all. The [[Chapter Master|Commander]] declared that the survivors would need to be settled in other [[System]]s as a result of this and [[General]] Dhrost said that he would take the survivors to [[Cadia]], where the [[Fortress World]] would take in as many as possible. [[Dante]] stated the [[Blood Angels]] would do their part as well and settle as many survivors as possible in the [[Baal System]], while also taking [[Aspirants]] from the population to restrengthen their [[Chapter]]. Due to how far [[Cadia]] was from the [[Cryptus System]], however, the [[Chapter Master|Commander]] declared that the survivors would need to be settled on Imperial worlds closer to the System as well. In order to best solve this problem, Dante decided to provide the [[General]] with a letter of demand from the Blood Angels, requesting assistance in the matter. Dante then told Dhrost, that as the General was leading the survivors to Cadia, he was to present the letter to the [[Imperial Commander]]s of the worlds that laid beyond the [[Red Scar]]. As [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]] continued its advance, many of these worlds would request the Chapter's protection and Dante remarked that if their Commanders' wished for the Blood Angels' aid, then they would need to take in as many of Cryptus' survivors as possible.{{Fn|3b}}
Nonetheless, the Cryptus Campaign proved only able to delay Leviathan. In the [[Devastation of Baal]], the world was assailed by the Tyranid swarm.
**{{Endn|2b}}: ''The Death of Worlds''
**{{Endn|2c}}: ''The Rising Leviathan''
**{{Endn|32d}}: ''Sisters of the Saint''*3: [[Dante (Novel)]], **{{Endn|3a}}: Chapter 2**{{Endn|3b}}: Chapter Two11
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